15 ILLINOIS COUNTIES ARE NOW AT HIGH COMMUNITY LEVELS FOR COVID-19 INFECTION.
NEARLY 37-THOUSAND NEW COVID CASES WERE REPORTED THIS PAST WEEK, WHICH IS AN OVERALL DECLINE FROM THE PREVIOUS WEEK. STILL, THERE ARE AREAS WITH INCREASED VIRUS ACTIVITY. THE "HIGH LEVEL" AREAS INCLUDE CHICAGO, COOK, SURROUNDING COUNTIES IN NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS AS WELL AS COUNTIES AROUND PEORIA. ANOTHER 30 ARE CONSIDERED AT MEDIUM COMMUNITY LEVELS. WITH THAT IN MIND, THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH URGES AT-RISK INDIVIDUALS TO BE CAUTIOUS THIS WEEKEND SAYS SPOKESPERSON MIKE CLAFFEY.
CLAFFEY SAYS SOME INDIVIDUALS MAY WANT TO TAKE PRECAUTIONS.
GROUPS ARE URGED TO GATHER OUTSIDE OR IF THEY ARE INDOORS KEEP THE WINDOWS OPEN AND FANS GOING TO CIRCULATE THE AIR. ANOTHER 30 COUNTIES ARE RATED BY THE C-D-C AT THE MEDIUM COMMUNITY LEVEL.
